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NYT - Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:11 pm
An actually well written, balanced article with just the facts outlined. Hard to believe it is the New York Times. Well worth the read (about five to eight minutes).
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A teenager who walked among protesters in Kenosha, Wis., carrying a military-style semi-automatic rifle was arrested and faces a charge of first-degree intentional homicide in connection with shootings that left two people dead on Tuesday night.
Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old Illinois resident, appeared on multiple videos taken throughout the night by protesters and bystanders who chronicled the events as peaceful protests gave way to chaos, with demonstrators, armed civilians and others facing off against one another and the police in the darkened streets.
The New York Times’s Visual Investigations unit analyzed hours of footage to track Mr. Rittenhouse’s movements in the moments leading up to, and during, the shootings.
Who is Kyle Rittenhouse?
Mr. Rittenhouse was arrested early Wednesday in his hometown, Antioch, Ill., which is about 30 minutes southwest of the protests in Kenosha, just over the state line.
Multiple posts on his social media accounts proclaim support for pro-police causes like the Blue Lives Matter movement and Humanize the Badge, a nonprofit that he ran a Facebook fund-raiser for on his 16th birthday.
His posts also suggest a strong affinity for guns, with videos showing Mr. Rittenhouse taking backyard target practice, posing with guns and assembling a weapon.
But many details about both his background and his motivations for walking around the Kenosha protests carrying a military-style semi-automatic rifle are still emerging.
Before the shootings
About two hours before the first shooting, the producer of a video livestream interviews Mr. Rittenhouse at a Kenosha vehicle dealership.
Mr. Rittenhouse is there at the same time as several other armed men. Some of them are positioned on the building’s roof overlooking the parking lot where vehicles were burned the day before.
In a brief exchange on the livestream, he identifies himself as “Kyle.”
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Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:13 pm to Wolfhound45
Paywall.
frick the NYT
frick the NYT
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:14 pm to Wolfhound45
Hitting a paywall
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:14 pm to KosmoCramer
quote:Damn. I do not have a subscription. Went right in.
Paywall.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:14 pm to Wolfhound45
They forgot to mention the skateboard the kid took to the dome before he blew the felon away
This post was edited on 8/27/20 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:14 pm to Wolfhound45
Sorry but I don't give credence to someone who lies to me hundreds of times before telling the truth once.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:15 pm to Wolfhound45
quote:
In another interview, Mr. Rittenhouse speaks with Richie McGinniss, a video editor at Daily Caller, a conservative news and opinion site.
Mr. Rittenhouse says that he’s there to protect the business. He calls it his job, although there is no indication that he was asked to guard the site.
Later, he claims to another videographer that he was pepper sprayed by someone in a nearby crowd while protecting property.
In most of the footage The Times has reviewed from before the shootings, Mr. Rittenhouse is around this area. He also offers medical assistance to protesters.
About 15 minutes before the first shooting, police officers drive past Mr. Rittenhouse, and the other armed civilians who claim to be protecting the dealership, and offer water out of appreciation.
Mr. Rittenhouse walks up to a police vehicle carrying his rifle and talks with the officers.
He eventually leaves the dealership and is barred by the police from returning. Six minutes later footage shows Mr. Rittenhouse being chased by an unknown group of people into the parking lot of another dealership several blocks away.
First shooting
While Mr. Rittenhouse is being pursued by the group, an unknown gunman fires into the air, though it’s unclear why. The weapon’s muzzle flash appears in footage filmed at the scene.
Mr. Rittenhouse turns toward the sound of gunfire as another pursuer lunges toward him from the same direction. Mr. Rittenhouse then fires four times, and appears to shoot the man in the head.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:16 pm to Wolfhound45
You only get like 3-5 views of NYT before they block you, so paywall for me as well
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:17 pm to Wolfhound45
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Hard to believe it is the New York Times.
That reporter will be looking for a new job soon.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:17 pm to Wolfhound45
quote:
Second shooting
Mr. Rittenhouse seems to make a phone call and then flees the scene. Several people chase him, some shouting, “That’s the shooter!”
As Mr. Rittenhouse is running, he trips and falls to the ground. He fires four shots as three people rush toward him. One person appears to be hit in the chest and falls to the ground. Another, who is carrying a handgun, is hit in the arm and runs away.
Mr. Rittenhouse’s gunfire is mixed in with the sound of at least 16 other gunshots that ring out during this time.
Police response
As this happens, police vehicles just one block away remain stationary during the gunfire.
Mr. Rittenhouse walks with his hands up toward the police vehicles. Bystanders call out to the officers that he had just shot people.
The police drive by him without stopping, on their way to assist the victims.
After the shootings, local officials announced a 7 p.m. curfew would continue until Sunday. And Wisconsin’s governor, Tony Evers, said he was sending hundreds more members of the state’s National Guard to Kenosha.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:17 pm to Wolfhound45
Most important photo I had not seen that was mentioned in the article;
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:17 pm to KosmoCramer
Worked for me.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:19 pm to TigerCruise
quote:
Shootings by TigerCruise
They forgot to mention the skateboard the kid took to the dome before he blew the felon away
Article is shite.
Says the kid fell down and then shot 4 times into the crowd.
Doesn't mention him being attacked first.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:20 pm to Wolfhound45
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protesters and bystanders who chronicled the events as peaceful protests
Lulz
Nyt trash as usual
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:20 pm to Tiger985
No mention of the skateboard to the face or the Molotov cocktail.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:21 pm to Turbeauxdog
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He calls it his job, although there is no indication that he was asked to guard the site.
More Nyt trash
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:21 pm to KosmoCramer
You have to have an account, but not a paid one. You can sign up for a “free” account and access the article (with free in air quotes because you probably end up paying for it with copious data collection, but still, no physical transfer of funds is required)
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:22 pm to KosmoCramer
There were lot of firearms among the protesters that night. Earlier in front of the courthouse there was a stand off between police and armed protesters when somebody threw a brick at the cops. Cops thinset off a bunch of tear gas disperse the crowd, that's when they moved down towards the gas station.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:23 pm to Wolfhound45
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As Mr. Rittenhouse is running, he trips and falls to the ground. He fires four shots as three people rush toward him. One person appears to be hit in the chest and falls to the ground. Another, who is carrying a handgun, is hit in the arm and runs away.
Mr. Rittenhouse’s gunfire is mixed in with the sound of at least 16 other gunshots that ring out during this time.
This is just blatant dishonesty.
Reprehensible dishonesty
Par for the Nyt trash though
Posted on 8/27/20 at 1:24 pm to timdonaghyswhistle
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Sorry but I don't give credence to someone who lies to me hundreds of times before telling the truth once.
To be fair the skateboard guy grabbed kyles gun and pulled so it was more likely self inflicted.
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